Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Sep 10, 2026
Ended (as reported) · Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office
Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325284, reported Sep 10, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice
Current status from this report
No current status shown on Philpott Lake: End not confirmed. Current rule period ends Dec 9, 2026, 10:35 AM EST. This is not a water-quality test.
Why this status: No current status: no report we track sets a status on this water outline now.
A report is not a test of the water. See how we assign statuses.
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1. Reported wastewater outlet
Operator named in the record: not named. Outlet: not stated. Location: 36.76119, -80.05490; location source: geocoded from an address or place name.
Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.
2. Waters named in the notice
The notice names: “Bowens Creek; Philpott Lake?”. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Philpott Lake, VA. Match basis: the water named in the report.
3. Estimated downstream stretch
We estimate routes only on rivers before they become tidal. We do not estimate routes through tidal water or lakes.
Map sources: water outlines and launches from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License); wastewater outlets from EPA and state records; downstream estimates by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey maps and flow data. Base map: OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.
When it happened and when it was reported
Event and notice times use Eastern Time (EST or EDT). Retrieval times use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
- Started
- Ended
- not reported
- Detail provided by the source
- Times known to the minute
- Reported to the source
- Published
- not given
- Source last updated
- Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch
What and how much
- Type
- Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater.
- Status in the record
- Ended (as reported)
- Material
- “untreated sewage”
- Volume
- volume not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)
- Volume as reported
- none
Advice from Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office
This report includes no advice. Check current local health notices.
- Advice period
- This report does not state a period. See the rule DirtyWaterWatch applies and its source.
- Basis
- not stated
Status history from this report
- Caution Philpott Lake: Discharge record with unclear status, Sep 10, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT to Sep 24, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT
- End not confirmed Philpott Lake: End not confirmed, Sep 24, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT to Oct 10, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT
- No current status shown Philpott Lake: End not confirmed, Oct 10, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT to Dec 9, 2026, 10:35 AM EST
Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using this report and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-03 02:43 UTC.
Source and versions
- Source
- Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related
- Source record number
- 325284
- Original notice
- Read the original notice
- Earlier version
- None: this is the first record
- Later versions
- None
Record details
| Record identifier | va-deq-prep:325284 |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | va-deq-prep |
| Source record number | 325284 |
| Earlier version | Not provided |
| Type | Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) |
| Status in the report | Ended (as reported) |
| Sewer operator identifier | Not provided |
| Sewer operator | Not provided |
| Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES) | Not provided |
| Outlet number | Not provided |
| Outlet name | Not provided |
| Water named in the report | Bowens Creek; Philpott Lake? |
| Linked waters | philpott-lake-va |
| How this report was linked to the water | the water named in the report |
| Latitude | 36.761 |
| Longitude | -80.055 |
| Location source | geocoded from an address or place name |
| Location accuracy, in metres | Not provided |
| Started | Sep 10, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT (2026-09-10T11:35:00-04:00) |
| Ended | Not provided |
| Detail provided by the source | to the minute |
| Reported to the source | Sep 10, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT (2026-09-10T11:35:00-04:00) |
| Published | Not provided |
| Source last updated | Sep 11, 2026, 8:34 PM EDT (2026-09-11T20:34:08-04:00) |
| Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch | Nov 2, 2026, 9:40 PM EST (2026-11-03T02:40:36Z) |
| Material | untreated sewage |
| Volume, in gallons | Not provided |
| Volume as reported | Not provided |
| How volume was determined | not stated whether estimated or measured |
| Authority | Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office |
| Advice | Not provided |
| Advice period, in hours | Not provided |
| Basis of the advice period | Not provided |
| Original notice | https://portal.deq.virginia.gov/v2/prep/prepReport/325284 |
Original source data
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},
"attribution": "DEQ is the data source. DEQ does not certify that this data represents a complete record. This data is provided to the citizens of the Commonwealth free of charge and for informational purposes only.",
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} Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325284, reported Sep 10, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice
Staff names, email addresses and phone numbers are removed from source data before it is stored.